bitly.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import re
import pyperclip
import bitlyshortener
# Bitly token
api_token = 'db874d7954f55ad86d7a6bb769af1bff34153aa1'
# get myurl from clipboard
myurl = pyperclip.paste()
# Create and regex for check if a valid URL or not
regex = re.compile(
        r'^(?:http|ftp)s?://' # http:// or https://
        r'(?:(?:[A-Z0-9](?:[A-Z0-9-]{0,61}[A-Z0-9])?\.)+(?:[A-Z]{2,6}\.?|[A-Z0-9-]{2,}\.?)|' #domain...
        r'localhost|' #localhost...
        r'\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})' # ...or ip
        r'(?::\d+)?' # optional port
        r'(?:/?|[/?]\S+)$', re.IGNORECASE)

# Check if is vaild URL
if re.match(regex, myurl) is not None:
    # you can have more than one tokens if you want
    tokens_pool = [api_token]
    shortener = bitlyshortener.Shortener(tokens=tokens_pool, max_cache_size=256)
    long_urls = [myurl, 'http://www.google.com']
    x = shortener.shorten_urls(long_urls)
    print(x[0])
else:
    print("Not a valid url")